The Story of Cindy

[Maarschalk]

Cool Cindy, keep it coming! I lost part of the story or forgot if Cindy is launching from a Planet or a Space Station or Carier! Which is important to know regarding the G-Forces.
If from a Planet the Canary Dido can become a cliff hanger if it does not launch properly and you know I hate cliff hangers!.......:P:P:P:P:P

[Edited on 12-13-2012 by Maarschalk]

[Marvin]

The only relationship between G forces and a planet's gravity is the assigned value of G being 32 ft/sec^2 (or, IIRC, approx. 10 m/sec^2) ... which is equal to gravity on earth, at sea level. Most space ships, though, should have an anti-gravity device incorporated somewhere. Only, having one doesn't necessarily guarantee that Cindy will remember to turn it on.

[Cindy]

Cool Cindy, keep it coming! I lost part of the story or forgot if Cindy is launching from a Planet or a Space Station or Carier! Which is important to know regarding the G-Forces.
If from a Planet the Canary Dido can become a cliff hanger if it does not launch properly and you know I hate cliff hangers!.......:P:P:P:P:P

[Edited on 12-13-2012 by Maarschalk]

You didn't lose that part of the story... I just didn't post it! The Canary Dido is being launched from a planet though. I know you hate cliff hangers, but you can take it out on me next time you see me in-game with some of those packages you still haven't delivered. :P:P

The only relationship between G forces and a planet's gravity is the assigned value of G being 32 ft/sec^2 (or, IIRC, approx. 10 m/sec^2) ... which is equal to gravity on earth, at sea level. Most space ships, though, should have an anti-gravity device incorporated somewhere. Only, having one doesn't necessarily guarantee that Cindy will remember to turn it on.

lol Cindy forget to turn something that important on? Oh... no... not Cindy! She would never do something like that! She just might forget that a certain button (F7 in EM) is not how you turn the anti-gravity device thingy on!!!

[oni14128]

Been away for a few days. But inoticed this story upon my return, really fun to read. I have to make time to read the whole thread as I haven't read the whole story to this point. What I have read has been awesome though, can't wait for more. Out of curiosity was there an "Ender's Game" influence at all?

I only have bits and pieces of my story up here... I'm working on turning the little bits and pieces that I have written into a book and this is just where I type things out to see how people like them. Since I have no idea what "Ender's Game" is, I guess there was no influence from it. Glad that you like what you have read. [/rrquote]

Ender's Game is a novel by Orson Scott Card. Deals with the military taking children to an orbital "battle school" where they train them to be soldiers/pilots. Definitely a good book for inspiration on the subject. Anyway, keep up the good work.

[Cindy]

I thought you guys might enjoy the bit more I've written. I especially like the ending! hehehe



“Wait, how did you know my name? And I’m not a commander.� Cindy said in surprise. ‘How could this new artificial intelligence computer know my name?’ she wondered.

“You don’t remember me Cindy?� The voice sounded a little bit pained. “You don’t remember the war? What about Niemand?�

“I don’t know what you are talking about. What war? Who are you? What are you? And what does Niemand have to do with any of this?� Cindy’s brain was rushing to give her the answers that she was seeking, but she couldn’t think of any of the answers.

“The Nythians and the Terbiates went to war once and you ended up in the fight against your will. Some of the Nythians had went against Earth’s military defenses and taken some prisoners. You were one of the people that they took as a prisoner. You learned many things which is probably why you learned so fast this time.�

Something had turned on while the computer was talking and Cindy broke in. “What is that noise?� she asked.

“I’m scanning your face and seeing how different you look from before. You have changed quite a bit Commander.�

“How is that possible?� Cindy asked.

“It is possible since I haven’t seen you in several years. The last I saw of you, you were piloting a ship that was hurtling towards a planet’s surface.� The computer’s voice actually sounded pained with the last remark.

“What? I was piloting a ship that was on a collision course with a planet?� Cindy’s voice sounded a bit panicked. “What happened to me?�

“I don’t know. Your last orders were to get the last group of refuges to safety.� The artificial tone was back and it sounded as if Cindy had just imagined the change in tone.

Cindy was about ready to ask more questions when the radio sounded loudly in her ears. “Pilot Cindy of the ship Canary Dido, are you going to launch today or next year?�

Cindy flipped the radio switch on and replied, “I’m ready for take-off now. Please stand by.� before switching the radio back off. “Are you ready to fly?� She asked the artificial intelligence.

“Yes ma’am. Ohh… and you didn’t forget my name. I’m glad.� It replied.

“Your name has always been the Canary Dido?� Cindy asked in surprise.

“Yes ma’am. It was what you called me on our first mission together and it has been my name since then.� The Canary Dido was preparing the ship for take-off as it answered Cindy’s questions. “Please tell them that we are ready for take-off commander.�

“Okay.� Cindy replied as she checked off her mental list for take-off. ‘Helmet on. Check. Radio working. Check. Flight harness on. Check as of now.’ she thought to herself as she fastened the harness used in all air craft tight so that she couldn’t be thrown out of the pilot’s seat as she exited the atmosphere. Flipping the radio switch on again, she said, “This is pilot Cindy of the ship Canary Dido. I am prepared for take-off.� She flipped the switch off again as she waited for a response.

“This is headquarters, you are clear to launch.�

“Let’s go.� Cindy said as she pushed the throttle up and pulled the craft’s nose up towards space.

“Easy commander. You haven’t flown in a long time. Are you sure that you want to go straight up?� Canary Dido asked hesitantly.

“Yes, I’m sure. And what do you mean haven’t flown in a long time? I don’t remember how to fly at all!�

Cindy laughed sarcastically as the Canary Dido replied, “Oh my, we’re going to crash, aren’t we?�

“No, it isn’t too hard to fly this thing.�

“This is headquarters, what do you think you are doing Cindy?! You’re going to get yourself killed!� The radio wasn’t really loud over the roar of the engines, but it was still loud enough for Cindy to hear perfectly fine.

With one hand still on the flight controls, Cindy flipped the radio on. “I’m not going to get myself killed. This is easy!� was her only response before she flipped the radio off again.



Back on the planet, an emergency meeting was called. The leaders of the Nythians had just sat down at the council table when the flight commander said, “She has remembered who she is. I’m sure of it. How else would she know how to fly straight up like that without burning up in the atmosphere?�

The table started arguing about whether Cindy had actually remembered or if it was just chance that she was going so fast straight up. A large gentleman at one end of the table stood up and all talking stopped.

“It doesn’t matter if she remembers or not. Our ships are waiting just outside of the atmosphere to intercept her and bring her back, along with her ship. The ship that she has built is the same one that was accidently destroyed by a nuclear explosion when we attacked her rebel base.� The man’s voice was perfectly calm, showing that he wasn’t worried in the slightest what Cindy could do. Turning to the flight commander, he asked, “Did you give her all the parts that I told you to?�

“Yes sir.�

“Good. Then she will have built the same ship out of the highest technology that could be found when she was last here. As well as the highest technology that can be found now.� The man sat down and laughed. “Last time that girl gave us the slip. This time, we have her cornered.�
The others at the table nodded in agreement and the meeting was halted. There was no need to worry. Cindy would be in their grasp once more soon enough.



The Canary Dido had just broken through the atmosphere when Cindy realized that things were not going how she planned. Her plan had been to get back to Earth, but there were a couple squads of fighter pilots waiting for her according to the ship’s scanners.

“What now?� Cindy asked more to herself than the Canary Dido, but the Canary Dido had an answer for her.

“We are taking a trip.� The Canary Dido replied.

“What? Where? How?� Cindy was so confused. ‘What could this ship be doing?’

“We are taking a trip. We are going to your old base and you are going to stay there until you can remember everything. As far as how goes, like this.� The Canary Dido replied as the ship accelerated at the speed of light into an artificial wormhole.

“No, I want to go back home! I want to go to Earth!� Cindy was almost in tears. Her plans were getting foiled – again!

“Well, I want my commander back and according to this update I performed as you were crazily heading towards space, there is going to be a war. And you need to either stop it from happening or turn back into the so-called rebel pilot you were before.�

“I am not your commander! I do not belong in space! And I refuse to do anything!� Cindy’s voice rose until it cracked and she burst into tears. “Please, just let me go home.�

“Sorry commander. That is a no-can-do.� Cindy could tell that the Canary Dido was firm on this subject and stopped pleading. She just cried tears of pain, frustration, and lost hopes as the ship remained in hyperspace.



Back on the planet, the large gentleman who had had things completely under control was drinking in his private quarters when a knock sounded at the door. “Come.� was his only response as he downed another shot glass full of the liquor.

“President, sir, I have bad news.� Private James stammered.

“Spit it out Private.�

“Cindy got away sir.� Private James spoke in an unsteady voice. “She jumped out as soon as she was clear of the atmosphere.�

“What were you guys doing? Sleeping in your cockpits?! It was a simple mission! All you had to do was escort her into the space station up there and then bring her back here. Forcefully if necessary. Was that such a hard assignment Private?!� The President was steaming mad. His perfect plan had been foiled by the same girl who had foiled his plans a few years before!

“Sorry sir, but there was nothing that we could have done. She was gone before any of us could talk to her over the radio.�

“Well, go get Niemand. If you fools can’t get the job done, he can do it for us.�

“Yes sir.� Private James replied and quickly walked out. There was no way that he would fail the President a second time. Especially not where a girl, of all people, was concerned!

[Maarschalk]

Cool Cindy, keep it coming!.....

[SeeJay]

Excellent work Cin. Keep it coming.

[Cindy]

OK, I'm the first to admit that I am supposed to be working on "Advanced Placement Language and Composition" for school, but I just felt the need to write a little bit more. And that other work is school work of the highest level that I can get any form of English while in high school... and it is boring me, so... it can be done a bit later. Also, when bored, I tend to be lazy and do a half-way decent job instead of a good job like I should... much to my Mom's dismay!


Cindy was still crying when the Canary Dido finally dropped out of hyper-space. Canary Dido scanned the surface of the planet for the base Cindy had established on her last mission. If she was to get back into contact with the rest of the so-called rebels, she might remember everything. It couldn't believe what it was scanning though.

Ruins coated the planet's surface. The only life signs were wild animals. The entire base was wiped out, apparently from enemy ship's fire all the way from space. Canary Dido sighed. There was no chance know that Cindy would remember.

"Please let me go back home. Let me go back to my family. Let me go back to Earth. Please!" Cindy whispered one last time.

"I'm afraid that I can't do that Commander. Stand by for landing." Canary Dido's robotic voice jarred into Cindy's thoughts.

"I don't want to land!" Cindy insisted.

"You have no choice in the matter I'm afraid. I need you to remember what happened so that you can stop this war and save innocent people's lives." Canary Dido's voice was firm.

Cindy started crying again. She lost all hope again and her future looked so dark. 'Maybe if I crashed this ship and killed myself it would be better...' she thought as she took hold of the controls. "At least let me land." She said to the Canary Dido shakily.

"Alright Commander, but if you try anything, I will take control back."

Cindy smiled a dark smile. This path would lead to no more pain, no more heartache, and no more fear of the unknown. She gunned the engines quickly. The next minute they stalled and the Canary Dido was spiraling towards the planet's surface with no working engines at dangerous speeds.

"Commander! What did you do that for?!" Canary Dido's voice held a bit of fear. They were dropping fast and the engines wouldn't start back up!

"I don't want to be here. I want to feel safe again instead of a captive in space for others to use and hurt." Cindy said coldly.

Canary Dido was quiet. It wasn't going to feed Cindy's death wish with any more words.

Cindy's brain flashed back to another time.

"Commander! The engines have stalled! What are we going to do? We are heavily damaged and this ship is not going to make a safe landing!" Wishter, the engineer, yelled over the explosions around them.

Cindy thought quickly. All the other refuges had been escorted to safety already. They were the last ones left on the battle field who weren't on one side or the other, yet were hated by both sides. Flipping the radio switch on, she quickly spoke into it. "Canary Dido, do you copy?"

"Yes Commander Cindy, I am in orbit waiting for your orders." The reply sounded like music to Cindy's ears.

"Canary Dido, beam up my crew now and take them to the base! Stay with the people!" Cindy ordered.

"Yes ma'am." Canary Dido replied as it began beaming up Cindy's crew and passengers. "What about you? I don't have enough room to take you on board too."

"I'll be fine! Now go!" Cindy yelled into the radio as the last crew member was beamed to safety. She watched as her personal ship jumped to hyperspace and disappeared from scanner view.

Cindy tried once more to start the engines. She was almost to the ground when they finally started back up. She pulled the nose up and felt the impact. She lost consciousness.

"I remember Canary Dido! I remember!" Cindy smiled. "I belong here!"

"That is great Commander. Now can you please get those engines to restart so that you don't die!"

Cindy thought back to the procedure she had used the time before. She implemented the same strategy and the engines roared to life again. They were farther up then she up been last time, she noted with a smile. She pulled the ship's nose up and fired the thrusters on the belly of the ship. The Canary Dido gently set down on the ground.

"Great job Commander." Canary Dido said with a hint of pride. "You will always belong in space Cindy."

"I don't remember everything, but I do remember part of the war. I have to stop this war from taking place." Cindy said seriously.

"Yes, you do..." Canary Dido was broken off by the radio crackling to life.

"This is Headquarters transmitting to pilot Cindy of the ship Canary Dido. If you can hear us, you had better respond sooner than later. We have Niemand here. If you do not return, we will kill him. You have 5 minutes to respond."

[Cindy]

Been away for a few days. But inoticed this story upon my return, really fun to read. I have to make time to read the whole thread as I haven't read the whole story to this point. What I have read has been awesome though, can't wait for more. Out of curiosity was there an "Ender's Game" influence at all?

I only have bits and pieces of my story up here... I'm working on turning the little bits and pieces that I have written into a book and this is just where I type things out to see how people like them. Since I have no idea what "Ender's Game" is, I guess there was no influence from it. Glad that you like what you have read.

Ender's Game is a novel by Orson Scott Card. Deals with the military taking children to an orbital "battle school" where they train them to be soldiers/pilots. Definitely a good book for inspiration on the subject. Anyway, keep up the good work.[/rrquote]

I'll keep that book in mind. Thanks!

Cool Cindy, keep it coming!.....

Another part is up! With your favorite feature ... a cliffhanger! :P:P:P

Excellent work Cin. Keep it coming.

Thanks SeeJay.


I'm glad you all enjoy this story! It helps me keep writing. Please note, in the last part, Cindy wanted to kill herself. That I took from real life experiences. Losing all hope is very dark and scary. I really hope that others can find more hope before losing all of their hope. Life is a precious gift, even though sometimes it seems like it wouldn't matter any more if you weren't alive or that it would be better for you or others. It never is better. Just causes more sadness and pain as I've now realized.

[Maarschalk]

Cool Cindy, keep it coming!.....

Another part is up! With your favorite feature ... a cliffhanger! :P:P:P

LOL, they are going to kill Nobody(Niemand) even if they kill him in 5 minutes, they still killed Nobody!.....This is a confusing and contradictory Cliff Hanger! Anyways 5 minutes have already past so is he Dead or Not!......:P

[Cindy]

Back at the planet, the President nodded at the messenger who informed him that the message had been sent out on all frequencies. Dismissing the messenger, he smiled. Cindy would not get away from him this time. He knew that she would come back to rescue Niemand. A knock sounded at the door and Private James entered.

"Well? Where is Niemand?" The President demanded.

"Niemand is... well... he... kinda..." Private James stammered. How was he supposed to tell the President what had happened?

"What happened Private?!" The President asked in a no-nonsense tone.

"Niemand escaped." Private James spit the words out, then looked at the floor.

"You incompetent fools!" yelled the President. "Did you learn anything at all throughout your training?! First Cindy escapes, a mere child and a girl at that. Escapes an entire fleet of the best trained forces we have. Then Niemand escapes a heavily guarded prison camp! What do you do all day?! Draw in the sand?!"

"No Sir." Private James said softly.

"What about Annalise? Bring her here." The President had just thought of another way to get Cindy back.

"She is missing as well Sir."

"You idiots! How can we win a war if you cannot keep track of even three people?!"

"I don't know Sir."

"I know. You are demoted James as of now. You are incompetent and unfit to be a Private any longer. Let's see if you can carry messages better."

"Yes Sir." James swallowed. He supposed that the status of Private was easy come, easy go. Yet he still had a hard time believing he had lost the rank he had worked so hard to obtain. That girl, Cindy, would pay for this!

"James, tell the broadcast commander, Williams, not to give away to anyone that Annalise and Niemand have escaped. There still might be a chance that Cindy will come back."

"Yes Sir." James saluted, then quickly went on his errand. Maybe he could earn the rank of Private back.



Back on her old base planet, Cindy was wondering what she should do. "What do you think Canary Dido? Should I tell them that I will be on my way back?"

"I'm not sure Commander. I don't think that Niemand would want you to stop what you are doing just to try and keep him safe." Canary Dido replied.

Cindy had decided to give up her freedom to keep Niemand safe when the radio came to life again. "Cindy of the Canary Dido, this is Annalise. Niemand and I are safe, but are requesting back-up. We will be in orbit as soon as possible. Please hurry!"

"They are alright!" Cindy said with relief, then flipped the radio on. "This is Cindy of the ship Canary Dido. I am on my way with reinforcements."

"We will see you soon then!" Annalise's voice sounded so happy to hear Cindy.

"Let's go!" Cindy said as she flipped the radio off, pulled the ship's nose up, and fired the afterburners to quickly gain momentum.

"Careful Commander." Canary Dido warned.

"I will." Cindy promised and soon broke free of the atmosphere. "Ready to jump."

"Jumping." Canary Dido replied.

The radio crackled to life again as the Canary Dido sped towards it's destination. "This is Wishter of the ship Dumpster calling Cindy of the Canary Dido."

Cindy flipped the radio on. "This is Cindy of the ship Canary Dido."

"Good to have you back Commander Cindy. This is Wishter, your old engineer, reporting for duty."

[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Cindy]

[Maarschalk]

Good one Cindy, I have only one Question about James!

What was he demoted to?....I thought that Private was the lowest rank in the military!.....:P

[Cindy]

Good one Cindy, I have only one Question about James!

What was he demoted to?....I thought that Private was the lowest rank in the military!.....:P

James was demoted to messenger boy. ;) Even the military needs someone to deliver messages! :P:P

[Maarschalk]

Good one Cindy, I have only one Question about James!

What was he demoted to?....I thought that Private was the lowest rank in the military!.....:P

James was demoted to messenger boy. ;) Even the military needs someone to deliver messages! :P:P

The Messenger has the most important job and holds the Highest Station and ussualy gets killed because every one wants His job!......:P

[Cindy]

Good one Cindy, I have only one Question about James!

What was he demoted to?....I thought that Private was the lowest rank in the military!.....:P

James was demoted to messenger boy. ;) Even the military needs someone to deliver messages! :P:P

The Messenger has the most important job and holds the Highest Station and ussualy gets killed because every one wants His job!......:P

Oh well... guess he'll just have to get killed then... or I can edit it and let him be the cleaner... :P:P:P